Historical Sketches

University System of Georgia Institutions

Georgia School of Technology, established by act of the General Assembly, 1885;
Opened in Atlanta, 1888;
Name changed to Georgia Institute of Technology, 1948.

Georgia State University

Founded as Georgia Tech Evening School of Commerce, 1913;
Became the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia, 1947;
Georgia State College of Business Administration, 1955;
Georgia State College, 1961;
Georgia State University, 1969.

Medical College of Georgia

Chartered by state in 1828 as Medical Academy of Georgia;
1829, Medical Institute of Georgia;
Affiliated with University of Georgia and renamed Medical Department of the University, 1873;
Became independent institution in 1950, Medical College of Georgia.

University of Georgia

Legislature granted land, 1784;
Adopted charter, 1785, making Georgia the first state to charter a state-supported university;
Established as University of Georgia in 1801.

Established by legislature, 1906;
Opened as South Georgia State Normal College, 1913 (two-year);
Georgia State Woman's College at Valdosta, 1922 (four-year);
Valdosta State College, 1950;
Valdosta State University, 1993.

North Georgia Agricultural College, 1873;
North Georgia College, 1929;
North Georgia College & State University, 1996.

Savannah State University

Established by the Georgia Legislature as a result of the Second Morrill Land Grant Act which established Black land grant colleges in the south, 1890;
Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youths, 1891, located in Athens for several months;
Georgia State College, 1932;
Savannah State College, 1950;
Savannah State University, 1996.

Southern Polytechnic State Univ.

The Institute (unit of Georgia Tech), 1948;
Southern Technical Institute, 1970;
Moved from Chamblee to present location in Marietta, 1961;
Southern College of Technology, 1986;
Southern Polytechnic State University, 1996.

State University of West Georgia

Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School, 1906;
West Georgia College (two-year), 1933;
Four-year, 1957;
State University of West Georgia, 1996.

Dalton State College

Chartered in 1963; first classes taught, 1967;
First accredited, 1969;
Limited baccalaureate programs and name changed to Dalton State College, 1998.

Macon State College

Established in 1965;
Opened as Macon Junior College, 1968;
Macon College, 1987;
Limited baccalaureate programs and name changed to Macon State College, 1997.

Abraham Baldwin Agric. College

Second District A & M School, 1908;
South Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1924;
Georgia State College for Men, 1932;
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, 1933.

Atlanta Metropolitan College

Established in 1965;
Opened as Atlanta Junior College, 1974;
Atlanta Metropolitan College, 1988.

Bainbridge College

Established in 1970;
Opened as Bainbridge Junior College, 1973;
Bainbridge College, 1987.

Coastal Ga. Community College

Established in 1961;
Opened as Brunswick College, 1964;
Coastal Georgia Community College, 1996.

Darton College

Established in 1963;
Opened as Albany Junior College, 1966;
Darton College, 1987.

East Georgia College

Authorized 1970;
Opened as Emmanuel County Junior College, 1973;
East Georgia College, 1987.